The noblest motive is the public good.
VIRGILLook with favour upon a bold beginning.
More Virgil Quotes
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No other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
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Time passes irrevocably.
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Time carries all things, even our wits, away.
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A woman is an ever fickle and changeable thing.
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No benefits can be expected from war.
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When gods are contrary they stand by no one.
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As it spreads, the rumor gains strength.
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Look with favour upon a bold beginning.
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Every man’s last day is fixed. Lifetimes are brief, and not to be regained, for all mankind. But by their deeds to make their fame last: that is labor for the brave.
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No day shall erase you from the memory of time.
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Spare the meek, but subdue the arrogant.
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It is easy to go down into Hell but to climb back again, to retrace one’s steps to the upper air – there’s the rub.
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Fortunate is he whose mind has the power to probe the causes of things and trample underfoot all terrors and inexorable fate.
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Time is flying never to return.
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Let me rage before I die.
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